The European Union backs efforts to reform the United Nations because the world body needs revamping, President of the European Council Donald Tusk said in a speech at the UN General Assembly on Thursday.
UNITED NATIONS (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 27th September, 2018) The European Union backs efforts to reform the United Nations because the world body needs revamping, President of the European Council Donald Tusk said in a speech at the UN General Assembly on Thursday.
"The European Union supports the current effort to reform the UN. These reforms are badly needed," Tusk said in HIS address.
He added that leaders of the international community should equip the United Nations with tools to fulfill its agenda collectively. For example, more unity is needed to resolve the ongoing conflicts in Syria and Myanmar and a rapidly worsening crisis in Venezuela, he said.
The EU is ready to step up to help its neighbors to build their security and peacekeeping operations in cooperation with NATO and African countries, Tusk said.
On Tuesday, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said he is committed to reforming the world body in order to make it more effective and capable of responding to current global challenges.
